Exactly. This has been discussed at length here in the past. Here are a couple of relevant threads:
lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00192.html lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00162.html These are all I could find, after extensive searching. The archives search function here does not seem to work as well as in the past. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Wed, Dec 19, 2018, 12:30 PM Chuck Dietz <[email protected]> wrote: > The choke bleeds off static charges that accumulate on the vertical. While > I have witnessed noise from huge static charging to a 32 foot vertical > mounted on the roof of the engineering building at Texas Tech in West > Texas, the choke does not bleed off “noise”. Noise is radio frequency > emissions from noise sources which can be local or distant. > > Chuck W5PR > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM Jamie WW3S <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Since verticals are know to be "noisy" on receive, and a fix is a rf > choke > > or bleeder resistor to ground, anyone try that on short verticals used > for > > receive only to quiet some noise? > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
